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Record: MDI42B01SE00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Roseval Silica No. 3 - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1999-Jun-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silica



Location

Township or Area: Penhorwood

Latitude: 48° 5' 50.12"    Longitude: -82° 8' 4.82"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 415518.32   Northing: 5327732.59    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42B01SE

Point Location Description: Open pit claim P.9944260

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: The deposit is located east of patented claims S4419 and S4421 which straddle the CNR mainline, 5 miles east of Kukatush station. Access by vehicle is via the Kenogaming logging road/Penhorwwod road south from Highway 101 to the railway at Tionaga. From here a new road north of the tracks runs west for 4 km to the Cryderman mine site and the Roseval #3 pit is adjacent to and on the north side of the road.



Exploration History

1988: Roseval Silica - discovery, stripping and diamond drilling. 1989: Roseval Silica - geophysical surveys, stripping drilling, reserve calculation. 1990: Roseval Silica - mag and VLF. 1999: La Société de Gestion Maskours Inc. – Assays. 2000-2001: La Société de Gestion Maskours Inc. – Comp.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3237 / 2.12658 42B01SE0010 42B01SE0010
T-3237 / 2.13006 42B01SE0007 42B01SE0007
T-3237 / 2.13005 42B01SE0006 42B01SE0006
T-3237 / 2.13004 42B01SE0008 42B01SE0008
T-3237 / 2.14090 42B01SE0009 42B01SE0009
T-3237 / 42B01SE0013 42B01SE0013
T-3237 / 63.5551 42B01SE0011 42B01SE0011
T-4237 / 2.19621 42B01SE2002 42B01SE2002
T-4601 / 2.21339 42B01SE2003 42B01SE2003
T-3237 / donation donation donation

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The property is underlainby a noarrow NE trending body of metavolcanic rocks which have been intruded by ultramafic bodies, early biotite trondhjemite gneiss and late biotite granodiorite. The early gneissic unit intudes to the north and south of the quartz veins (Hardiman Lake pluton), while the late intrusive forms a narrow foliation paralle dike within, to the NE and SW of the Roseval property and intrudes further to the north (Kukatush pluton). In the report is noted that the quartz bodies are located on or near the contacts between the metavolcanic rocks and older and younger felsic rocks. All of these formations are cut by later NW trending diabase dikes.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Granodiorite 2 Near
Schist-Unsubdivided 3 Chlorite, Pyrite Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - This water-filled site is L shaped with a ramp entering the vein at the NE and another ramp entering from the SW. A bench occurs along the NW wall. Chloritic schist is exposed along the bench, however, outcrops W of the bench are composed of pink granite with weins of quartz. The SE wall exposes a sheeted series of quartz veins in chloritic schist. Intense folding of the metavolcanics was noted along the SE wall. The quartz vein is exposed above the NE end of the quarry. Here the vein narrows in width, is strongly Fe stained and is included with numerous foliation parallel bands of chloritic schist. The quartz is coarsely crystalline, milky white and translucent to opaque.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1QuartzEconomicOre
DolomiteAlterationCarbonatization1WeakVeins

Mineralization Comments

Feb 09, 2016 (A Wilson) - The main quartz vein is a composite of several large pulses. The earlier pulses are characterized by numerous xenoliths of granitic and volcanic material. Immediately adjacent tot he wall rock these xenoliths form a breccia with sub-horizontal parallel fragments that grade into a series of smaller sub-horizontal quartz veins which extend into the wall rocks. These earlier veins are characterized by containing up to 10% feldspar. There are two distinct grain sizes within the quartz vein.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mesothermal
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Contact

Rank: 2       Structure Type: Shear

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Irregular 200 50 90 215 75

Site Visit Information

Date: Jun 27, 2000

Geologist: G Seim

Notes: G. Seim and B. Atkinson visited this site on June 13, 2000. There was no activity ongoing at that time. 1500 samples of quartz were taken for use with the PDAC Mining Matters educational kits.



Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
ROSEVAL NO. 3 1990 Probable 260520 OFR 5912, VOL 2, P.547 Silica 98 Percent
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
2010 -1 Silica 0 Tonne
MNR Communication Roseval Silica aggregate permit was suspended for failure to file a compliance report. The production is suspended. The -1 in production entry stands for no production.
1988 59063 Silica 56262 Tonne
OFR 5912

References

Map - Geological series, Tomiko area (west half), District of Nipissing

Publication Number: P0678 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: R297 Page: 51  Date: 1995

Author: Ayer J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: M2627 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1995

Author: Ayer J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)

Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 545-547  Date: 1995

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - An Evaluation of Potential High-Purity Silica Sources: Preliminary Site Investigation, Volumes 1 and 2

Publication Number: OFR5948 Page: 195-208  Date: 1996

Author: McAuley J.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Penhorwood Township - unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1993

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


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